[cayugabirds-l] Praying mantises regularly hunt and kill small birds

2017-07-06 Thread Chris R. Pelkie
Here's something you probably didn't want to know... http://newatlas.com/praying-mantis-killing-birds-study/50346/?li_source=LI_medium=default-widget Chris Pelkie -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Kingdom Rd. Dickcissel

2017-07-06 Thread Jay McGowan
The eBird hotspot is at the location where we first heard them, out in the field to the west of the road from that spot: http://ebird.org/ebird/hotspot/L6011483 As far as I am aware, Dave Nicosia's report from July 3rd is the most recent. I tried late morning on the 1st and didn't hear them, but

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Indigo buntings/mulberries

2017-07-06 Thread Donna Lee Scott
Near one of the inner grass trails at Salt Point, is a big mulberry tree where I watched a Robin struggle to wolf down a large mulberry! Tree is in bushes off grass trail east of Osprey nest tower. Donna Scott Sent from my iPhone On Jul 5, 2017, at 8:37 PM, Linda Post Van Buskirk

[cayugabirds-l] Kingdom Rd. Dickcissel

2017-07-06 Thread Peter
Howdy folks. Can anyone share a precise location of the Kingdom Rd. (Seneca County) Dickcissel? Much obliged. Pete Sar -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES

Re:[cayugabirds-l] cayugabirds-l digest: July 06, 2017

2017-07-06 Thread Mary Anne Perks
The third entry has your name on it! Also melissa groo posted on facebook pool noodle support. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2017, at 12:02 AM, Upstate NY Birding digest > wrote: > > CAYUGABIRDS-L Digest for Thursday, July 06, 2017. > > 1. Eagles > 2.

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Gallimule tough love (I hope)

2017-07-06 Thread khmo
Hi Anne and thanks for the info. Seems to be such an abundant food year that such would not apply. Marie's comments may be closer to what we observed. Ever get back data on the dead crow we sent to necropsy? We saw but one necropsy report and none of the labs. John --- John and Sue Gregoire

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Gallinule tough love

2017-07-06 Thread Marie P. Read
Hi all, Yeah, I've often seen gallinules and coots beat up their young! At least in American Coot, studies using banded birds by Bruce Lyon and Daizaburo Shizuka, showed that parents are aggressive to the OLDEST chicks, not the youngest ones of which each parent picks a "favorite", (see

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Gallimule tough love (I hope)

2017-07-06 Thread AB Clark
Hi John et al, this is well-known gallinule “parental” behavior. As many will know, birds often lay more eggs and hatch more young than they can rear. The theoretical explanation is that in a good year, when the healthiest as well as most young can be raised, parents benefit by being ready

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Gallimule tough love (I hope)

2017-07-06 Thread Scott Haber
Gallinule and coot parents are well known to engage in aggressive behaviors toward their chicks, which, in some rare cases, ends in infanticide. For more info: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00302949 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347284803401 -Scott On

[cayugabirds-l] Gallimule tough love (I hope)

2017-07-06 Thread khmo
At the Van Dyne Spoor wetlands yesterday we observed what seemed vey unusual gallinule behavior. An adult was swimming along up a small channel in the surface weeds while three young were sort of lazing around nearby. A second gallinule was a distance off. Suddenly, the adult accelerated and